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by Kate Fletcher (Author), Danai Tsouloufa (Illustrator)
In short vignettes tied to the rhythms of the seasons, Kate Fletcher, fashion and sustainability pioneer, explores interrelationships between clothing and the natural world in this first volume of Fletcher's Almanac.
Writings and predictions for each month feature nature, not as the scenery against which fashion stories unfold, but the main event, and the connection of fashion and nature, the story. It has been said that fashion speaks capitalism. In these entries it speaks another tongue, the language of the earth.
A beautifully illustrated pocket-sized book to take with you on your forays into nature. This is a limited edition, with the second volume of Fletcher's Almanac coming next year.
Author Biography
Kate Fletcher is a Professor at the Royal Danish Academy, Copenhagen and at Oslo Metropolitan University in Norway. Her work, including that on systems change, post-growth fashion, fashion localism and Earth Logic, both defines and challenges the field of fashion, textiles and sustainability. She has written and/or edited twelve books available in eight languages, and in 2022 she was identified by author Margaret Atwood as a visionary. Kate is a co-founder of the Union of Concerned Researchers in Fashion. Her most recent work is about design, clothing and nature. Her books include Sustainable Fashion and Textiles: Design Journeys, 2014 (2008); Fashion and Sustainability: Design for Change, (2012); Craft of Use: Post-Growth Fashion (2016); Opening up the Wardrobe: A Methods Book (2017); Wild Dress: Clothing & the Natural World (2019); Design and Nature: A Partnership (2019); Earth Logic: Fashion Action Research Plan (2019); and Outfitting (2022). She is based in the UK.
Danai Tsouloufa is a designer and illustrator whose artistic practice revolves around collaging images from vintage magazines and papers to craft unexpected visual narratives and spaces that operate between the figurative and the abstract. She has collaborated with Kate multiple times over the last decade. She is based in Athens, Greece. danaitsouloufa.com
